Larry Triplett Tops Colorado State Team at Clear Lake

Posted by nation on April 10, 2015

The final day of the 2015 BASS Nation Western Divisional has completed and Larry Triplett wins the top spot to move up and represent the Colorado BASS Nation at the 2015 BASS Nation Championship Tournament, and a chance to earn a berth at the 2016 Bassmasters Classic as a BASS Nation Angler.

Pic: Larry Triplett at Clear Lake, ctsy bassmaster.com

Another fog delay this morning may have hurt a few anglers, but as usual the consistent fishermen rise to the top. Only two anglers at the Clear Lake Divisional landed a limit of bass each day and Triplett was one of them, improving his standing each day and ending up in 3rd Place at the Final weigh-in, bringing in daily limits of: 17-9, 17-11, and 14-8. Triplett’s final total weight was 49-12, only 1-2 behind overall leader Tim Johnston of MT who had 50-14.

Pic: Larry Triplett at the Day 3 launch, ctsy bassmaster.com

Tim Johnston of MT reported on-stage that he, like a lot of others, used a LV-500 rattle bait. This is Johnston’s third trip to the National Championship and his second Western Divisional win in as many years. Other anglers also reported using underspin jigs with small swimbait bodies, big swimbaits, drop-shots, and just plain “junk fishing” to search and find what many found to be elusive Clear Lake bass. But, for some anglers Clear Lake did not disappoint as each day the leading limits were well over 20 pounds, even topping 30 pounds, with double-digit bass being caught. The Big Bass of the event was caught on Day 2, an 11-0 largemouth.

Pic: Jeremiah Smith reported this Osprey swimbait as one of the hitch colored swimbaits being used during this tournament, photo ctsy Jeremiah Smith.